Practice asking questions: Solar Panel data

Determine appropriate statistical questions and graphical display of paired sample data of relationships between light levels, solar panel power output and temperature.

Details

Activity Type:

Mini-Lesson

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Physical Science

Topics:

Energy

Statistical Concepts:

Statistical questions

Graph Types:

Scatter plot

Standards:

Practice 1

Asking questions and defining problems

Practice 4

Analyzing and interpreting data

Practice 8

Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting 1

Patterns

Crosscutting 3

Scale, proportion, and quantity

6.SP-1

Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.

HS-PS3-1

Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.

HS-PS3-3

Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

HS-PS4-5

Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.

Crosscutting 5

Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation

Literacy.W.6.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.W.7.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.W.8.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Literacy.RST.6-8.7

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

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